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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Arthur Rubinstein share an uneasy friendship but recognized each other's strengths?

2. In what year did Isaac Albeniz go to San Francisco before returning to Europe?

3. What school did Isaac Albeniz attend at age 15?

4. When did Josef Hofmann make his Hamburg debut?

5. Where was the pianist Claudio Arrau from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What advances and contributions did Glenn Gould bring to musical presentation?

2. Compare the style and works of Busoni and Godowsky. How does the author relate their philosophical differences?

3. How is the style of Sergei Rachmaninoff described by the author? Where was Sergei Rachmaninoff from?

4. Who were the forerunners of modernism? How did modernism differ from romanticism?

5. Who was Vladimir de Pachmann? What was his expertise and namesake?

6. What Polish pianists are described in Chapter XXIV, The Chopinzee, the Buddha, and Others in addition to de Pachmann and Godowsky?

7. How did Vladimir Horowitz's piano career begin? What was the public reaction to the pianist?

8. How does the author describe the correlation between pianists and composers in Chapter XXVI, Composers at the Keyboard?

9. When did Josef Hofmann make his American debut? What toll did it take on him?

10. What was the critical and public response to Busoni's performances?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the salon to the concert hall impact musicians, pianists, and composers? What differences are there between the two types of playing venues?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the biographies and works of Johann Hummel and Ignaz Moscheles. What does "bravura" style mean and who was known for it?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the two pianists presented in Chapter XIII, Two Sensitive Ones, Charles Henri Valentin Morhange and Adolf Henselt. Why did the author choose this title for the chapter?

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